Saw a client's hair transform after just 3 olaplex treatments, not the 6 I thought she'd need

I had this client in Chicago who came in with major bleach damage from a box dye disaster. I told her to expect at least 6 sessions before seeing real improvement, but after the 3rd treatment her hair was actually soft and had its curl pattern back. Made me realize I've been overselling how long it takes to fix protein bonds. Has anyone else found that some treatments work way faster than the bottle says?

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price.jake3d ago

Wait, are we sure her hair actually fixed and it wasn't just good products hiding the damage for a few days? I've seen that happen plenty of times where the client comes back a week later and the bonds are still toast, just coated with silicones. Also, bond builders work best on clean, fresh damage not old, oxidized breaks from box dye. That stuff is practically permanent. Sometimes clients just get lucky with genetics or the hair wasnt as messed up as we thought.

skylerg173d ago

Oh man, you nailed it. That whole "it's fixed" thing is usually just coatings and pray-ers. I've had girls come in with that crispy box dye burnout and swear the $8 drugstore serum saved them, then two washes later it's back to straw. Bond builders help but they can't undo year-old chemical damage, that stuff is literally cooked into the cuticle. Genetics is a huge wildcard too, some people just have freakishly resilient hair and get lucky with a half-decent outcome even when the process was bad. So yeah, more often than not the "miracle fix" is just postponing the chop date.